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> Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

Nothing in here about "shall not be denied or abridged because of lack of photo ID".



As long as acquiring an ID is equally painless for all demographics.

Introduce a fee, limited licensing locations/appointment times, or complex applications, and the indirect result is often selective discrimination by race. That's still unconstitutional.


Do you believe that the list quoted is intended to be restrictive or illustrative? Do you believe that citizens right to vote should be denied or abridged in general, or just in the case of photo ID (which I doubt was a thing at the time the constitution was written)?


> Nothing in here

Yes there is. It's right here:

> on account of race

Start making this requirement and you've specifically done racial targeting to prevent voting.




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